To all readers-I'm reposting this again because I'm ready. I want everyone (especially one reader in particular) to that I don't like being rushed when I'm writing. I like to write at my own pace and have each chapter up to my standards. If you dont like the way I write any of my fanfiction, then you dont have to read it. Its strictly your choice whether or not you read any of my fanfiction at all.

I DONT OWN DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS! I ONLY OWN THE OC AND THE OC ALONE!

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The digidestined and their digimon are now wandering through the desert and were starting to lose hope. "Oh, how far do we have to walk?" asked Mimi.

"Until Etemon can't follow us anymore." said Joe.

"I don't think there is such a place." said Mimi.

"And we certainly can't stop here in the middle of nowhere. For one thing, if we're attacked, there be no place for us to run to." Matt added.

"The only place I know Etemon can't follow us is in the ocean but we can't turn back now." said Izzy.

"This is starting to look bad." thought Sora, walking behind everyone. "Everyone's becoming so timid and afraid."

"Hey, come on you guys! Why'd we stop?" Tai asked the others. "Why is everyone so scared? After all, we do have the crest you know."

"That's true. And how do we know if it will really help Agumon digivolve?" said Matt.

"Of course, right Agumon?" said Tai, causing Agumon to look up at him.

"I feel that this….is not going to end well for my brother." said Keiko in a grim tone with a weird look on her face.

"How do you know that?" asked Nyaromon.

"Knowing Tai….he's not thinking this one all the way through because he's gone overboard." she tells her digimon.

"Listen buddy, this is your big chance. Don't let me down. You're the only one who can digivolve further, so either you try to get to the next level and save us from Etemon or I'll go get myself a new Digimon!" Tai yelled at Agumon.

"Not much of a choice." said Tentomon.

"By the way, how are we supposed to use the crest to digivolve again?" asked Tai.

"Well, from what we've seen so far with the other digivolutions, it takes a lot of energy; for example they can't digivolve if they're hungry." Izzy explains. "In addition, the partner of the digimon must be in some sort of danger. You know, like being under attack or something."

"But since it's a higher level of digivolving, my theory is more energy is needed." said Tai. "So we'll provide the food and Etemon will provide the danger."

"Oh boy." said Keiko and Nyaromon.

Meanwhile Etemon was traveling in his trailer across the desert, searching for the digidestined. "You better watch out you digidestined kids." Etemon said to himself. "I'll find you and when I do, you're gonna wish you never crossed Etemon. I'll get you."

After they found a place to rest for a bit, Tai was busy stuffing Agumon with all the food they had, even though Agumon was full. "No more!" said Agumon, with his mouth full of food.

"Just one more teensy little bite. Ready for the second course?" asked Tai as he stuffed more food down his digimon's throat. Agumon groaned from a full stomach.

"Oh stop your belly aching and open wide." Tai said to Agumon. "You gotta keep eating. Listen, everyone's giving you their food so you can digivolve. Is that right?" Sitting on a hill not from him, were the others. "Right." said Matt.

"Tai! Stop stuffing Agumon like that!" said Keiko. "You're going to make him sick!"

"Poor Agumon." said Nyaromon.

"I'm not making him sick!" Tai shouted at his sister.

"Yes you are!" Keiko shouted back. "Why do you think Uncle Frank stuffs himself with so much food at thanksgiving?"

"Don't compare Agumon to Uncle Frank, Keiko!" shouted Tai.

"I can and I will, Tai!" screamed Keiko.

"We didn't give him our food. He took it from us." said Mimi. "Of all the nerve."

"Well, the food won't do us any good because we still can't digivolve." said Gabumon.

"So those of us who don't work, don't eat huh." said Joe.

"But we're hungry!" protested Tentomon, Keiko and Nyaromon.

"Hey, I can't hear you. I said, is that right?" Tai shouted.

"That's right." shouted the others.

"See, that's why you gotta try your best to protect everyone." said Tai and Agumon starts stuffing his face again. "Now, come on buddy, keep eating."

"I guess there's not much we can do to help." said Palmon, watching Tai stuff Agumon full of food.

"I don't know if Agumon can take much more." said Biyomon.

"I'm surprised that Agumon hasn't thrown up yet." said Keiko.

"That's something I don't want to see." said Nyaromon.

"Yeah, Tai is really pushing him." said Sora. "Agumon's stuffed like a thanksgiving turkey."

"Eat up, you need that energy!" shouted Tai.

"By the looks of it…." Nyaromon started to say.

"Agumon is getting to be one big thanksgiving turkey, but only in dinosaur shape form." said Keiko, tilting her head to the side as she and Nyaromon start imagining what Agumon would look like, shivering at the image. "Tai, stop feeding Agumon like that! Agumon is not a thanksgiving turkey."

"Tai's personality has really taken a turn for the worst lately." said Izzy. "I remember him being friendlier to us younger kids."

"Now that you mention it, he was cool during soccer camp." said Sora.

[Flashback]

"Tai, pass it to me! I'm open!" A young Sora shouted to a young Tai.

"Now's my chance to shoot. Here I go!" Tai said, but before he could make the winning shot, another player slides into him. Tai kicks the ball up into the air for Sora.

Sora then comes up and headbutts the ball into the goal. "Nice pass, Tai. I thought you would have taken the shot yourself." said Sora as she helps him up.

"Remember, there's no 'I' in team!" said Tai and starts laughing.

[Flashback ends]

"Tai may look like he's trying to run things all by himself, but whatever actions he takes, he does it for the good of the team. But now all this." said Sora.

"Exactly." said Keiko.

"We're the only ones who can help now!" Tai yelled at Agumon. "So you've gotta keep eating, okay Agumon?"

"I can't." said Agumon, rolling onto his back.

"I feel bad for Agumon." said Nyaromon.

"Tai really needs to stop stuffing him before Agumon gets really sick to his stomach." Keiko said in agreement.

"You both said it." said Sora. "Tai's personality seems to have changed ever since he got a hold of that crest of courage."

"Boy, I'm hungry." said Joe when his tag starts to glow a silver color. "Hey, guys. My tag is glowing."

"It must be reacting to something." said Matt.

"The crest must be nearby." said Izzy.

"You think so?" asked Tai before looking through his telescope. "Hey look, there's something out there. It looks like a big building or something."

"That must be were my crest is. Come on." said Joe, but then trips over something.

"Joe, are you okay?" asked Keiko.

"Yeah, I'm fine." he tells her. "Check it out, Gomamon."

"What's a cable doing out in the middle of the desert?" Gomamon asked, looking down at the cable.

Meanwhile with Etemon. "Wow! Ha ha, something's caught in my network. The intruders are in the L7 sector. Let's see, L7, L7. How do you work this thing? Oh, here it is." said Etemon and pressed the button. "It's near the Coliseum. That's where I hold my annual tributes to me show. I wonder what they're doing all the way over there. You got any idea?"

"Well, maybe they're trying to get good seats." suggested Gazimon.

"Oh, they'll have a perfect view for the surprise show I'm planning for them." said Etemon. Meanwhile near the coliseum, a Gazimon is relaxing in a lounge chair when he receives a call.

"Hello, L7 area. Can I help you?" asked Gazimon.

"It's Etemon." said Etemon.

"Yes sir." said Gazimon, hopping out of his chair.

"Hey, little buddy, you should be having some guests soon. You better get ready to welcome them." said Etemon.

"Welcome them?" asked Gazimon. "So you mean…"

"Bingo buddy." said Etemon.

"As you wish sir." said Gazimon and takes off towards the coliseum.

Finally, the digidestined and their digimon arrived at the coliseum. "Amazing. It looks like the Roman Coliseum." said Izzy as they looked around.

"Wow." said Keiko.

"What's the Roman Coliseum?" asked Tentomon.

"Well, Tentomon, it's an ancient arena." said Tai.

"But ancient one didn't have big screens." said Mimi, seeing a huge TV screen.

"Or soccer goals." Sora added, noticing the two soccer goals at each end of the field.

"Okay guys, lets split up and look for Joe's crest." said Tai when Agumon falls to the ground. "What's wrong?"

"I can't move anymore, let me rest for a little bit." said Agumon.

"Come on, get up. You can do it!" yelled Tai.

"I cant." said Agumon.

"Give him a rest, Tai. The only clue we have is my tag so Gomamon and I will go look for the tag." said Joe. "You guys relax for a while. Later."

"If you hadn't stuffed him the way you did, Tai, Agumon wouldn't be feeling like this." said Keiko, looking at her older brother. "But no, you just had to do it. You just had to stuff his poor little dinosaur belly full of food."

"Yeah." said Nyaromon.

"Whatever, Keiko." said Tai.

"Don't you 'whatever' me, Tai." snapped Keiko. "It's the truth and you know it!"

"Wait up, Joe. I'll go with you." said Tai as he runs after him.

"A soccer ball! Hey, anyone up for a game?" asked Sora with a soccer ball under her foot.

"Yeah, that's sounds like fun." said T.K., Keiko, Tokomon and Nyaromon.

"That's a great idea." said Matt. "The human team will play against the digimon team."

"What on earth is soccer?" asked Tentomon.

"It's easy, all you have to do is get this ball into the goal with your feet. You can also use your chest or your head." Sora explained to the digimon and kicks the ball up to her head, then heads it to Gabumon.

"Here I…go!" he said and kicks it over to Biyomon, hitting her in the head but Palmon catches it with her vines.

"Now that's really using your head." said Palmon.

"Oh, and I forgot to tell you, you can't use your hands." said Sora.

"Unless you're the goal keeper, then you can touch the ball with your hands." said T.K.

"Yeah, you should be the goalie for your team, Palmon." said Matt. Palmon threw the ball in Tai's direction, who angrily kicks it away and unknowingly hits the spying Gazimon in the stands.

"That was a good kick." said Keiko.

"Too bad it didn't go into the goal." said Nyaromon.

"Huh?" said Agumon, sitting up.

"I can't believe you're playing soccer at a time like this." Tai yelled at them. "Would you use your heads for something other than hitting the ball? The sooner Joe finds the crest, the sooner we can leave!"

Joe and Gomamon were standing near one of the goal posts when his tag starts glowing again. "Your tag is reacting again." said Gomamon.

"Yeah, the crest must be around here, somewhere." said Joe as he turns around to see Etemon on the jumbotron.

"Who's the king?" asked Etemon.

"Obviously, not him." said Nyaromon.

"Let's not tell him that just yet." said Keiko. "His ego is already big enough as it is."

"Ah, he's here! Etemon's here!" screamed Mimi as she and the others ran towards Joe and the soccer goal.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Agumon called out to the others but trips.

"Agumon!" shouted Tai and tries to run to Agumon but he and others get trapped in the goal.

"Goal! I sure did it! I scored a goal!" said Etemon.

"I wouldn't exactly call this 'scoring a goal'." said Keiko.

"The whole thing was a trap!" shouted Tai.

"Does he really think he can trap us with a simple ne…" Tentomon was saying but before he could finish his thought, Tentomon screamed as he gets zapped by the net when he hits the net.

"Tentomon!" exclaimed Keiko.

"Are you okay, Tentomon?" asked Nyaromon.

"Yeah…" said Tentomon, weakly.

"Now, now, listen up if you do that you might get hurt. You see, there's electricity running through that net, is a shocker, I know. I really want to be there in person myself, but I'm way too busy, you know how us rock 'n' roll legends are, but don't worry the act substituting for me is a very rare treat." said Etemon. "Let's see if you can put your puny little hands together and figure out who our special guest star is. You'll be surprised. Here he comes!"

Suddenly a new and familiar digimon appears. "It's a different Greymon." said Tai as the Greymon comes out wearing a collar around his neck.

"Our Greymon is way better than that one." mumbled Keiko.

"I knew you be surprised. I'm so evil. Let's get started, it's time to go." said Etemon. "Here's the show."

"It's time to digivolve!" Tai shouted to Agumon.

"Agumon digivolve to…Greymon!" Greymon roared as he starts fighting with the other Greymon.

"You can do it, Greymon!" yelled Gabumon.

"Don't lose to that phony baloney!" shouted T.K. and Keiko but sadly, Greymon was losing the fight.

"Greymon, you've got to digivolve!" shouted Tai.

"Boy, this doesn't look good." said Izzy.

"We're done for if he can't digivolve again." added Tentomon.

"Digivolve Greymon! You've got to!" Tai yelled at him. The two Greymon continue to fight until Tai's Greymon was running low on energy.

"What's he waiting for? Why won't he digivolve to the next level?" asked Tai, angrily.

"Well…." said Keiko, looking up at her brother, only to get a glare in return.

"It's not working Tai because the crest isn't reacting at all. You probably gave him too much food." said Izzy.

"Maybe he can't digivolve." said Matt as Tai's Greymon continued to take a beating from the other Greymon, causing Tai to become even more angrier.

"Of course he can! Come on, Greymon, you can do it! Believe in your power and you can digivolve." shouted Tai and his Greymon whacks the other Greymon with his tail. "Way to go, Greymon!"

"Nova Blast!" shouted Greymon, but instead of sending a fireball, he burps.

"He certainly doesn't have any Digi manners. At least say excuse me." Mimi commented about Greymon's manners.

"You can teach him when he's Agumon again." suggested Keiko.

"Good idea." she replied.

"Am I only imagining it or is he moving a lot slower than usual?" asked Matt.

"He consumed way too much so his reflexes are sluggish." said Izzy.

"You're right, Izzy." said Tentomon, then flies into the net again. "Not again."

"Well, it's not our fault that Tai gave him so much food." said Keiko. "He took it away from us without asking if we were alright with it."

"Tentomon, should we be worried about you?" asked Nyaromon, as she and Keiko looked at him with concern.

"No. I'm ok." he tells her.

"Are you sure about that?" asked Keiko, suspiciously.

"Yes, I am." Tentomon said.

"If you say so." they tell him.

"Get up and fight!" Tai yelled, but Greymon gets thrown into the wall.

"Looks like it's going to be over sooner than I thought." said Etemon and starts laughing.

Meanwhile, Gazimon claps as he watches the fight but then receives a call from Etemon.

"You silly rabbit! Stop carrying on like a trained seal. Get the fireworks ready so I can celebrate my victory." Etemon tells him.

"Yes sir." said Gazimon and runs up to one of the statues carrying a box. Back in the coliseum, Tai's Greymon continues to get his butt kicked.

"We really need help! Marching Fishes!" shouted Gomamon, as five colorful fishes come out of the statue's mouth behind him, taking the fireworks from Gazimon. They taunt the other Greymon, causing him to chase them.

"Where did those fish come from?" asked Joe. "How did they just come out of there like that?"

"I don't know, but if it's not broken, don't fix it." said Gomamon.

"It's really elementary, Joe. There's probably just a dimensional vortex rift in the water." sad Izzy and the two of them agreed. Just then, the fish dropped the fireworks they had taken from Gazimon at Greymon's feet as they explode.

"Thank you fish!" Sora called out. "Now what are we going to do to get out of here?"

"We should dig a hole and tunnel our way out." said Izzy.

"Good idea." said Matt as he, Keiko, T.K., and Izzy move one of the stones from the ground. Once they had moved a few more stones, there was a large rock in the way.

"There's a black cable here too." said Izzy.

"This rock is in the way." said Tentomon and Joe's tag starts to glow again.

"My tag, its….it's reacting again." said Joe. "What if this rock is the crest we've been looking for?" Out in the arena, the collared Greymon had Greymon in a chokehold.

"If this really is the crest that goes with my tag, then maybe…" said Joe, taking off his tag and places it on the rock, which then begins to glow silver. The stone became smaller as it goes into Joe's tag. Just then, the ground beneath them crumbles, causing them to fall into a pit.

"It is my crest! Yes!" Joe said excitedly.

"Look a tunnel! We can get out through here." said Tentomon.

Meanwhile, Etemon notices that the digidestined and their digimon were no longer in his trap but were now in the stands instead. "How do you like that? Not only did those little darlings escape, but they found another crest too." Etemon said, angrily. "This is unforgivable!"

In the stands, the digidestined were watching the two Greymon fight. "Greymon, you could win if you'd only digivolve. Greymon!" yelled Tai, getting ready to run out into the middle of the coliseum.

"Tai, don't!" Sora said to him.

"Stop it, Tai." said Keiko, pulling on her brother's arm.

"Don't stop me!" yelled Tai as he yanks his arm out of Keiko's grip. "This is my to make him digivolve to the next level! Please mind your own business, Sora!"

"But Tai, without a reaction from the crest, there's no way for him to digivolve." said Sora, trying to get some sense into him.

"I can make him do it! Watch!" said Tai and runs out into the arena.

"Tai, get back here!" Keiko cried out to her brother.

"What do you think he's going to do?" asked Matt.

"The other condition for digivolving is their partner's must be in danger." said Izzy, causing Sora and Keiko to gasp.

"He wouldn't." said Sora in shock.

"If he is, how will I explained this to Kari?" said Keiko.

"Hurry up and finish him." said Etemon. "Use your Nova Blast."

Just as the other Greymon was about to fire, Tai throws a rock at him, causing him to miss his attack on Tai's Greymon. "I'm not afraid of a big fake like you!" shouted Tai. "Okay, fire breath, come and get me!"

"What do we have here?" asked Etemon as he sees Tai in the arena. "A dolt who thinks he's a superstar. You got it now, start singing your final number."

"Biyomon, you've got to help Tai." said Sora as Tai screams.

"You go too, Gabumon." said Matt.

"Biyomon digivolve to…Birdramon!"

"Gabumon digivolve to…Garurumon!"

The two-champion level digimon appeared beside Tai to protect him from the collared Greymon. "Greymon, I believe in you!" Tai shouted to him. "You can do it, Greymon! Digivolve!" Just then Tai's crest and digivice begins to glow.

"Greymon dark digivolve to…SkullGreymon!"

SkullGreymon took an appearance of a huge skeleton with his heart inside his ribcage and a missile on his back.

"What in the world?" asked Sora.

"I don't like this….I don't like this at all." said Felicity, holding a whimpering Nyaromon close to her.

"What do you think that is?" asked Matt.

"Oh my, is that what I think it is?" asked Tentomon.

"What do you call that thing?" Sora asked him.

"SkullGreymon…the sight of him makes other Digimon tremble. He is a fully level digimon whose explosive power causes him to constantly search for battle." said Tentomon.

"He gives new meaning to 'Dead man walking'." said Matt.

"Sora, I'm scared." said Keiko as she and Nyaromon grab a hold of her.

"I'm scared too." Sora tells her.

"This could be very bad." said Izzy as he and the others watched in horror. "There's been some mistake, he's digivolved into some kind of monster."

"This is Greymon's digivolved form?" asked Tai as he watches SkullGreymon send Etemon's Greymon flying into a wall and fires his missile, destroying him and the jumbotron.

"Listen to me, SkullGreymon, if you're really the digivolved form of Greymon then you can't hurt me!" Tai yelled, but SkullGreymon turns on him and his friends.

"Tai, get out of there!" shouted Matt.

"Tai!" screamed Keiko as Garurumon tried to attack, only to be swatted aside by SkullGreymon.

"Leave it to me. Tentomon digivolve to…Kabuterimon!" shouted Kabuterimon and all three-champion level digimon do everything in their power to stop the Ultimate, but couldn't.

Meanwhile with Etemon, he was having a full-blown tantrum. "Oh no, my poor network. They're destroying everything I've worked so hard to create." whined Etemon.

"Meteor Wing!"

"Howling Blaster!"

"Electro Shocker!"

As all three attacks hits SkullGreymon, it had no effect on him. SkullGreymon then runs out of the coliseum and into the desert. But he doesn't get far of the ancient building when he starts to lose energy. "What's going on?" asked Felicity as they ran out into the desert.

"I wonder what happened?" wondered Izzy.

"He's out of energy" said Tentomon.

"And he can't maintain his ultimate form." said Nyaromon and just as she said that SkullGreymon's energy was gone and de-digivolve back into his in-training form.

"He's Koromon again." said Biyomon. Tai rushed over and picks up Koromon.

"Are you alright?" he asked his digimon.

"Well, yes, but I've done some terrible, horrible things. I attacked all of you." said Koromon. "How I acted makes me no better than Etemon."

"It wasn't your fault.." said Biyomon.

"She's right." said Gabumon.

"We completely understand." said Tentomon.

"I'm really sorry I didn't live up to your expectations of me, Tai." said Koromon.

"It's not your fault. I know who's to blame." said Matt.

"I know it's entirely my fault." said Tai. "I'm really, really sorry."

"I didn't mean to put all the blame on you, Tai." said Matt.

"It's okay, it's my fault right Sora?" Tai asked, turning to her.

"Yeah…I mean…." said Sora, thinking out loud.

"I didn't know what I was doing but I kept pushing people around anyway." said Tai. "I felt like because I had the crest, I had to be on charge and fight on my own without any help from the rest of you. I'm sorry everyone, please forgive me." Everyone nodded, letting him know that he was forgiven.

"Next time, Mr. Hotshot, don't give him so much food." suggested Keiko.

"You got it, sis." said Tai, giving her a small smile. "One thing for sure, I learned my lesson."

"Yeah….never ever feed Agumon so much food that he cant see his own feet!" said Nyaromon.